Category Archives: Review

Over a month ago, I was commenting to my family that one of our favourite flavours of ice cream was no longer being made – Haagen Dazs Bailey’s Ice Cream. Hence in order to replicate the taste, I had bought some Haagen Dazs Vanilla ice cream, and added Bailey’s Irish cream to it – it had to be mixed in and resulted in a mushy mixture. I thought there must be a way of making ice cream myself. Hence I looked into getting an ice cream maker – one which did not cost too much. As Amazon had a good offer for the Aicok ice cream maker on their Lightning Deal, I decided to take the plunge and bought one. Continue reading Aicok Ice Cream Maker→

One of the things I wanted to be able to do was maximise the photos captured with the camera on my iPhone X – to be able to use off-camera flash, using the lowest ISO and shooting in RAW. The only feasible option for using one or more good-sized camera flash with the iPhone is the Godox A1. It cost me £61.90 from Amazon.co.uk. Here I talk about what it can and what it can’t do. Continue reading Godox A1 and iPhone X→

Since getting the Coravin wine dispensing system, we have been trying quite a few bottles of mature wine which were bought many years ago without fear of them going bad. But with the Riedel Magnum glass, I found that the aroma from some of the lesser wines was just not coming through, which made me question whether it was the right glass for our tastings.

And having watched the movie on Amazon Prime Video ‘A year in Burgundy‘, which documents a full year of life in Burgundy wine-making, I observed the shape of the wine glasses they used for their top wines was markedly different from my Riedel Magnum glass. After a little research, I came upon the Zalto Universal wine glass which is highly rated by wine experts and wine connoisseurs. And so for Christmas, my wife bought me 6 of these wine glasses (great for wine tasting with spares in case 1 or 2 get broken). Continue reading Zalto Universal Wine Glass→

Having used the Coravin wine system for a few weeks now, I have to say that it has given me a new excitement about wine – this is truly a game changer. There are a few things which I have learnt about this system which I would like to share with you. In particular, I have thought on how to get the most out of this system, and will be sharing my thoughts about this. Continue reading Coravin Wine Dispensing System – 5 things I’ve learnt about it→

Previously, my Withing Steel HR watch had developed a condensation problem inside it, which made it difficult to read the time. Compound that with some scratches to the watch glass sustained when I went swimming during our holiday in America, and I could not wait for Nokia to release the replacement watch. And finally I received the notice from Nokia (who bought over Withing) that they were finally shipping the replacement watch for the Steel HR. It has taken a while but it is finally here. Continue reading Nokia Steel HR watch→

Recently I noted that during the early Black Friday sale on Amazon.co.uk, there was a Sony Playstation VR Starter Pack selling for £249.99. Bearing in mind the VR headset normally retails for £349 and the PS camera which is required for VR play costs a further £39, that package looked awfully tempting – particularly as it also included the VR Worlds game and Gran Turismo Sport, easily saving over £180 compared to when these are bought separately. Hence I bought one from Amazon, so my family and I could experience VR together. Continue reading Sony Playstation VR Starter Pack→

Now many years ago, I had bought the Logitech G27 steering wheel to use with the Sony Playstation 3. While it worked reasonably well, it was let down by the slow response and refresh rate of the TV which made the games not very enjoyable, and at times did induce motion-sickness. With the processing power of the Sony PS4 paired with the LG OLED TV with its short lag time and high refresh rate (which we now have), we should be able to get the most out of the driving games. But as my Logitech G27 does not work natively with the PS4, and I did not wish to spend a big sum of money buying another steering wheel, I had to look for a solution. I was exctied to find that the Cronusmax Plus which retails on Amazon.co.uk for £49.99, would be able to do this. I also had to buy the Targus 4-port USB Hub £7.84 which will be needed to make this setup work. Continue reading Cronusmax Plus – Logitech G27 Wheel on Sony PS4→

I have to confess that I enjoy collecting wine more than drinking it. Part of the reason for this is that once a bottle of wine is opened, it needs to be finished fairly quickly – otherwise it will oxidize and no longer be enjoyable to drink. Hence I have been on the quest for something which makes the wine last longer. But all of the ones I’ve tried have one flaw – the bottle needs to be uncorked to access the wine which will introduce air into the bottle. When I first became aware of the Coravin Wine System last Friday (it was featured in an article in the Metro newspaper), it definitely piqued my interest as it overcomes this problem, at least for the wines bottled with a cork. Continue reading Coravin Model 1 Wine System→

For the last 5-6 months, we had been planning to convert the garage into a usable room, what we would call our entertainment hub or games room. Now that the room is complete, it is time to fit it with the various technology to make it a high-tech fun room. Over the next few weeks, I will be posting about the various pieces of equipment we have bought to kit up this room. Today I will focus on the wireless wall light switch to control the lights in the games room – Kesen Switch-2 Gang WiFi Smart Light switch from Amazon.co.uk (RRP £23.45). Continue reading Entertainment Hub/Games room: 1) Kesen Wireless Smart Light Switch→

Having used the iPhone 6 Plus for three years now, it was getting a little slow and falling behind in the technology department. Hence when the iPhone X was announced, touting a lovely 5.8″ OLED screen – slightly larger screen compared to the iPhone 8 Plus, yet smaller in overall size – was ultimately what made me decide to upgrade to the iPhone X instead of the 8 Plus. Continue reading iPhone X→